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How Robert E. Lee Lost the Civil War by Edward H. Bonekemper III is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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This book challenges the general view that Robert E. Lee was a military genius who staved off inevitable Confederate defeat against insurmountable odds. Instead, the author contends that Lee was primarily responsible for the South's loss in a war it could have won. His theory: The North had the burden of conquering the South, a huge defensible area consisting of eleven states. The South only had to play for a tie and only had to wear down the northern will to win (as insurgents did against superior forces in the American Revolution, the Chinese Communist takeover of China, and the Vietnam War). Specifically, the South had to hold on to its precious manpower resources and convince the North to vote Lincoln out of office in 1864. Instead, Lee unnecessarily went for the win, squandered his irreplaceable troops, and weakened his army so badly that military defeat became inevitable. Lee's army took 80,000 casualties in his first fourteen months of command-the same number of troops he inherited when he took command. This crucial period of the war extended from the Seven Days' Campaign, in which Lee's army went on the suicidal offensive almost every day for a week; Second Bull Run/Manassa

Who reads How Robert E. Lee Lost the Civil War?

Author

Edward H. Bonekemper III

Publisher

Sergeant Kirkland's Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781887901338

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.59 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14